The transformat ion of ideas

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Design Forum Surfaces 2012

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Sao Paulo, Brazil

Hitoshi Ujiie Director of the Center of Excellence of Digital Inkjet Printing of Textiles

Philadelphia University 4201 Henry Avenue, Philadelphia, PA, 19144 USA

(01) 215.951.2682 ujiieH@PhilaU.edu

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“ F r o m T e x t i l e P r i n t S u r f a c e D e s i g n t o

E m e r g i n g f i e l d o f S u r f a c e I m a g i n g T h r o u g h

D i g i t a l p r i n t i n g t e c h n o l o g y ” �

•  One of the main characteristics of Textile Print Design is to create imagery (continuous / contained) on textile substrates – Surface Design

•  Systems and processes of textile print design discipline has been changed by of inkjet printing technologies (2000’s).

•  Inkjet textile printing is one of the most challenging technologies among rest of digital printing technologies – next to printable electronics.

A wide variety of classes of substrates and colorants

Substrates are flexible (not ridged) – woven, woven sheer, weft knit, warp knit etc.

Surface characteristics (lint on surface)

Penetration of colorants

•  A new concept of Surface Imaging: Trans- disciplinary discipline

A b s t r a c t

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•  Principal of Digital Inkjet Printing Technology

•  History of Digital Imaging and Printing Technology

•  State of the Art of Textile Printing Industry

•  Technology (after ITMA 2003)

•  Case Studies (Europe and US)

•  Analysis: Design, Engineering and Business

•  Outcome: Surface Imaging as an Emerging Discipline

•  Into the Future: Research

O u t l i n e s

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A non-impact printing process in which image is formed by the precise placement of small droplets (picoliter / a millionth of a liter - sized) of ink fired at high speeds from the nozzles of computer controlled print-heads.

P r i n c i p a l o f D i g i t a l I n k j e t P r i n t i n g T e c h n o l o g y

In the most common 4 color process, droplets of cyan, magenta, yellow and black inks (CMYK) are combine to form precisely placed dots of various colors, which form the images.

There are two types of technologies of (1) Drop On Demand (thermal and piezo electric) and (2) Continuous Flow Inkjet.

One of the most important engineering aspects:

Precise Volume of ink

Precise Timing

Precise Location

Increase of flow rates

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H i s t o r y •  1878 The principal mechanism of inkjet technology (Lord Rayleigh)

•  1960s First inkjet system (Continuous Flow Inkjet System)

•  1972 Piezoelectric D.O.D. heads by Clevite Corp in Ohio

•  1975/76 Millitron Printing System by Milliken - Carpet and upholstery fabrics.

•  1979 Thermal D.O.D. inkjet heads. (HP and Canon -bubble jet)

•  1980’s Desktop Publishing

•  1984 HP thermal D.O.D. desktop printer

•  1988/89 Advancement of CCD (charge-coupled device) for flatbed scanners.

Iris Continuous Flow Inkjet Printer by Iris Graphics – paper proofing.

•  1990’s Screen printer, Photo LAB, Sign Printer – Moving to Digital

•  1994/96 Epson piezoelectric D.O.D. desktop printer

Seiren Viscotex System (Production inkjet printing on cloth)

Encad TX 1500 series (Thermal D.O.D. heads)

•  1998/99 Wide Format Printer (Epson, Roland, Mimaki) – graphic, photography and textile proofing

Development of archival paper ink

•  2000’s Industrial Digital Printing- Archival Colorants (UV, Solvent, Textile, Material depositions)

•  2003 Production Textile Printers (Reggiani, Konica/Minolta, Robustelli, Mimaki, dGen, Honghua, Zimmer)

Flat-Bed Garment Printers (Kornit, Brother, Mimaki)

•  2005 Archival ink for consumer photography market (Epson UltraChrome K3 ink)

•  2011- ITMA 2011 High Speed Production Textile Printers

(Reggiani, MS, Stork, Konica / Minolta, Durst, Zimmer, Robustelli, Mimaki, dGen, Honghua,

La Meccanica, DGI, Ichinose / Toshin, Roland) August 24, 2012

•  Worldwide Total Textile Printing $100+ B (analog and digital)

•  Worldwide Printing Growth (Industrial Textile Printing)

Sources: Web Consulting 2005 and I.T. Strategies 2006

S ta te o f the A r t o f Tex t i l e P r i n t i ng Indus t ry

End Uer Expenditures

Soft Signage Textile

Soft Signage 33% ( 45+ % inkjet printing penetration) Industrial Textile 67% ( 1+ % inkjet printing penetration)

Source: Osiris, 2008; Stork Textile Printing Group, Developments in the Textile Printing Industry , 2002

20+ Billion meters per year

At least 1% per year of increase

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T e c h n o l o g y a f t e r I T M A 2 0 0 3 - 2 0 1 2 •  Inkjet Technology becomes the main digital textile printing technology

Piezo electric DOD / Multi-deflection Continuous Flow Inkjet

•  Established Production Printing: Mid to High Speed Production Printers

•  Increasing Printing Speed and Reliability

400 – 600 -8000 square meters per hour

•  More Versatile Printing: Grayscale – starting as small as 4 pl – 12 pl – 24 pl

•  Introduction of penetration ink

•  More developments in high production and finishing

Kyocera, Seiko, Ricoh, Spectra, Konica / Minolta, Epson Aqueous Head Reggiani / Tencate Advanced Technology

Shifts towards High Speed Production Printers

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H i g h S p e e d P r o d u c t i o n P r i n t e r

•  MSJP and JPK: MS Industry

1 line + 4 Kyocera heads or 3 line + 24 heads Over 600 sq meter per hour (200 + linear) 600 – 2400 dpi, 1-4 pass printing € 300K – 500K

•  Monna Lisa: Robustelli / Epson / Fortex 32 Epson heads 4 line + 8 heads 210 sq meters per hour (720 x 720 dpi) 720dpi, 2-16 pass printing, 4-18 pl variable drop 14 M linear meter per hour (2010) € 400K

•  Nessenger Pro 1000: Konica / Minolta

81 Konica / Minolta heads 9 line + 9 heads 1000 sq meters per hour (720 x 540 dpi) 360 (native) x 1080 dpi, 2-12 pass printing 12 (24) pl multi drop € 850K

•  ReNOIR: Reggiani Machine

1 line + 8 Kyocera heads or 2 line + 16 heads Over 540 sq meter per hour (200 linear) 600 – 2400 dpi, 1-2 pass printing € 250K – 500K

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P r i n t i n g S p e e d Average production printing speed (2012- 2Q): 400-600 sq meter per hour

(200-310 linear meter per hour) Annual printing speed increase (from 2003):

Monna Lisa Printer (Robustelli/Epson/ Fortex) 2003 (Gen 1) 27 sq meters per hour 2007 (Gen 2) 65 sq meters per hour (60%+ annually) 2009 (Gen 3) 132 sq meters per hour 2011 (Gen 4) 210 sq meters per hour (80%+ annually)

80+ % annual speed increase (since 2003)

MS-LaRio: 8100 sq meters per hours (70 linear meter per minutes)

1 pass, 7 color, 119 Kyocera Heads (17 heads inline x 7 beams/colors) 600 dpi, 4-7-12-14 pl, 2656 nozzles (664 x 4, 10.8 cm)

Reggiani DReAM: 150 sq meters per hour – 75 linear meter per hour (2003)

Survey by the Center for Excellence of Digital Inkjet Printing of Textiles at Philadelphia University, March 2011

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D i g i t a l P r i n t e r s f o r T e x t i l e s

Short Run Sample Printers (under $ 50K) Mimaki: (TX-1, TX-2) TX-3: 2,000+ units

Mid Speed Production Printers ($ 100-150K) MS (Mimaki JV5 Modified): 150+ units High Speed Production Printers ($ 250K – 3M)

Dupont: (3210) 2020: 200+ units (closed in 2008) Robustelli: Monna Lisa: 210+ units (100+ in 2009) Konica / Minolta: Nassenger V and VII: 210+ units (100+ in 2009) Reggiani /Huntsman /HP: DReAM: 30+ units Reggiani /Kyocera: ReNOIR: 38+ units (38+ in 2010) MS / Kyocera: JP and JPK 40+ units Osiris ISIS: 1+ units (closed in 2010) --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Sublimation Transfer Printers Mimaki: (JV4) 4000+ units (5000+) Roland: (Hifi Pro) 1500+ units (4-5000+)

Solvent Printer Mimaki: (JV3) 10,000+ units

Survey by the Center for Excellence of Digital Inkjet Printing of Textiles at Philadelphia University, March 2011

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Today ’s Rea l i t y

Digital printing penetration in industrial textile ($67B)

Digital printing penetration in soft signage ($33B)

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C a s e S t u d i e s

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S i l k p r in t i ng: (Como reg ion)

•  It is known for high end apparel prints including silk scarves and ties. - Mantero and Ratti

•  Integrations of conventional and digital productions. (design looks and cost)

•  Multiple Mimaki TX-2 printers have been replaced to Production printers (Robustilli Monna Lisa, Reggiani, ReNOIR, MS JP / JPK) for productions.

•  6000 meters of productions with TX-2.

•  “Speed is not the issue, the quality is.”

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Nomega d ig i t a l p r in t i ng

•  Founded as a dyer - full digital production mill

•  12 Monna Lisa printers for reactive and acid dye print (cotton, silk, wool, viscose and polyester)

•  Printing charge: 8 - 10 euro per yard plus fabric costs. (plus fabric costs: 200 meters minimum)

•  3000 linear meter (daily)

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Ser ide S tampr ia ( commiss ion p r in te r )

•  Commission printer for high fashion

•  10 x MS (modified Mimaki JV5) printers printers for reactive and acid dye print (cotton, silk, and viscose)

•  MS JP and JPK printers with Kyocera heads

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MS JP and JPK P r in te r

•  1 line + 4 heads to 3 line + 24 heads •  Over 200 linear meter per hour (JPK: Multi line printer) •  600 – 2400 dpi, 1-4 pass printing •  € 250K – 600K

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Kyocera heads

•  Kyocera heads (2008): Designed as single pass system DOD Piezo heads 600 dpi (native) 4, 7, 12, 18 pico liter 2656 (664 x 4) nozzles 10.8 cm (4 ½”)

•  MS (JP, JPK and LaRio)

•  Reggiani (ReNOIR) •  La Meccanica, Honghua,

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Regg ian i : ReNOIR

•  1 line + 8 heads or 2 line + 16 heads

•  Over 200 linear meter per hour

•  600 – 2400 dpi, 1-2 pass printing

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Luce S tampr ia ( commiss ion p r in te r )

•  High Fashion (D&G, Moschino, etc)

•  Commission prints

•  30,000 meter per day

•  3 rotary 2 Reggiani DReAM Inkjet printer

•  2 Euro per yard for printing

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Maver

•  Established in 1950’s as a fine silk printer.

•  Complete switch to digital in 1997 (Mimaki TX1)

•  1st installation of Osiris ISIS printer along with 3 Monna Lisa

and 4 dGen printers.

•  Commission and original designs (30-40%)

•  4,500 designs per year.

•  6-10 Euro per meter with ISIS printer (Fabric cost: 1-8 Euro)

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Os i r i s P roduc t i on P r in te r : IS IS

•  Multi-deflection continuous inkjet technology •  Each head: 24 drops over 4.23 mm •  TH8 module: 8 heads: 4.23 x 8 = 33.84 mm •  Super modules: 8 TH8: 33.84 x 8 = 270.72 mm •  For 1.6 m width (64” wide) fabrics:

6 x Super modules per color / beam 270 x 6 = 1624.32 mm

•  384 heads per beam (8 x 8 x6) Printing width: 0.5 – 2.1 m 62,500 drops / second per jet 66 micron orifice / 160 pl 144 dpi Infinite lifetime

•  Spot color and process color (8 beams / colors) •  Production speed: 30 meter / minutes

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Crea t i on Baumann: Sw i t ze r l and

•  Vertical high-end furnishing fabric producer

•  3 x TX2 and 4 x TX1 with Reactive, Pigment, Disperse printing for 8 base fabrics including Trevia CS

•  60 designs for 2 collections including 3-4 inkjet design per year.

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B e s t : B e r l i n

•  Textile Signage printer (Flag and Banner)

•  Started with Screen Printing

(Automatic Flat-Bed Screen)

•  Inkjet for Economical Needs

Saving the space

Speed

2 Digital (Reggiani Printers)

Direct Disperse dye ink on polyester

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F i n i s h i n g O p e r a t i o n ( C o m o )

•  Steaming, washing, finishing and tentering

•  Former engraver becomes finishing operation for digital textile printing

•  One of the biggest problem in the US

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Other d ig i t a l p r in t i ng m i l l s i n Europe

Miroglio: Vertical operation from original designs to production for apparel market. Annual production: 20 million meter (close to 40 m in 2007) Business is up for 15% than 2010 9 rotary printers in 3 shifts from Mon to Sat. (1200 meter per colorway) Digital inkjet production – 5 % (Quick response) 13 x Konica /Minolta Printers– 7 x NV and 6 x NVII 6 x Mimaki TX2 for sampling and strike-offs.

Leggiuno:

Konica / Minolta Printers for high end fashion (cotton, linen / silk). Olonia:

1st Reggiani installation Reggiani DReAM printers for cotton home furnishing.

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Summary o f 2011 research

•  Unlike ITMA 2007, ITMA 2011 was vital and revolutionary in terms of upgrading printing speeds.

•  The printing speed of inkjet technology became closer to Rotary Screen (ITMA 2011).

•  Printing industry is getting healthier (high-end fashion production).

•  Upgraded printing speed increased break-even point of digital and conventional printing to over 5,000 meter (200m / hour average printing speed) from 500 in 2002 (20m/ hour average printing speed).

•  Introduction of penetration ink •  ITMA 2011:

Konica / Minolta Nessenger Pro 1000: 1000 square meters per hour 81 (9x9) heads, € 850K MS Industry: LaRio: 8100 square meters per hour

40-75 linear meter per minute 119 heads (17 heads inline x 7 beams), 1 pass, € 2M

•  After ITMA 2011: Printing cost: less than $ 1.00 ($ 1.60 – 1.20) Ink price:2/3 to close to 1/2 (Current ink costs for high speed printer - € 50 /liter)

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Dig i ta l p r i n t i ng opera t i ons i n the U .S .

•  Increasing numbers of digital printing service operations:

First2Print, Rothtec Engraving, B3 Studio, Fabrics2Dye4, Adaptive Textiles, Custom Printed Fabrics (Zenith Engraving), Spoonflower.

•  Digital production commission printing mills:

Dream Digital Fabric Printing Services: (Orangeburg, NY) Pre-treatment / Post treatment Digital Printing Production

Advanced Digital Textiles (Master Screen): (Charlotte, NC) Pre-treatment / Post treatment Digital Printing Production

Ultimate Textile – Cheran Digital Imaging: (NC) Pre-treatment / Post treatment Digital Printing Production

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Dig i ta l p r i n t i ng opera t i ons i n the U .S .

•  Lack of driving factors to the Digital textile printing marketplace (2011)

•  2000-2008: the market was stimulated by sales and marketing forces of printing manufactures – Dupont, Reggiani

Dupont / Ichinose Toshin / Seiko Artistri 2020: 2002-2008 35 pl static drop

Reggiani / Huntsman / HP (Aprion - Scitex Vison) DReAM: 2003 – 2009 40 pl static drop

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Eastern Silk Mills, Elizabeth NJ

•  Silk Printing for US fashion

•  Started with Table Printing Carriage Printers Turn Table Printers

•  Inkjet for Economical Needs

Conventional

40 mins (1 color) - 1 piece 1 day (10 colors) - 1 piece * Skill and Experience

Digital (Dupont Printers)

2 hours - 1 piece (180 + 180 dpi)

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Spoon f l ower (www.spoon f l ower . com)

•  Online printing service, locates in Mebane, NC.

•  Established in May, 2008 with Modified Mutoh textile printer with pigment ink.

•  $18 – 32 per yard $5 for swatch (8”x8”) on their 100% cotton cloth.

•  Submit the design online: 150dpi, RGB or Lab, Tiff or Jpg or Png format

•  3 weeks delivery time

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A n a l y s i s

§  Engineering Technology After ITMA 2003 to 2012

Upgrading Production Printing Speed and Refining Printing Quality High Quality Low Cost Printing Solutions

Independent Textile Designers and Textile Art / Craft Practitioners §  Design

Design Aesthetics New design styles and Materiality

§  Business New Workflow

Alternative Manufacturing

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D e s i g n A e s t h e t i c s

•  HD Imaging

•  New Design Styles

•  Shifts from Novelty to Subtlety

N e w d e s i g n p o s s i b i l i t i e s b y d i g i t a l p r i n t i n g t e c h n o l o g y �

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High De f in i t i on Imag ing (1)

One of the characteristics of digital inkjet printing is an ability to print images without aids of screens and screen engraving.

This does not mean eliminations of “Color Separations”.

Color Separation:

•  Helps to generate color-ways

•  Hybrid of the conventional printing

•  Leads to HD imaging (tonal)

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High De f in i t i on Imag ing (2)

•  Digital Printing

256 grayscales - 540 to 720 lpi (printer’s printing resolutions). (dot’s size: far less than 50-35 micron)

Tonal generations are true to the original images.

HD Imaging

•  Rasterizing for conventional printing:

Consists of raster dots.

50 to 150 dpi depending on types of printing technologies. (dot’s size: 500-170 micron)

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N e w D e s i g n S t y l e s

•  Photographic •  Unlimited use of color •  Diminutive •  Digital effect •  Engineered

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P h o t o g r a p h i c

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D i g i t a l E f f e c t s

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Digital Inkjet Wall paper of Douglas Gordon by Maharam

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Digital Inkjet Wall paper of Hitoshi + Heather Ujiie Studio by Flavor Paper

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E n g i n e e r e d

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CHRISTIAN-LACROIX Haute Couture Winter 2005/06

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S h i f t s f r o m N o v e l t y t o S u b t l e t y

“We would not like our designs to look like digital. Our designs should look hands-on but retain the quality that only digital printing can do.” By Carlo Mantero

A e s t h e t i c s h i f t s f r o m N o v e l t y t o S u b t l e t y

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M a t e r i a l i t y

( T a c t i l e Q u a l i t y )

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“Our specialty is to blend printing images into tactile, which generate a variety of moods to the final products.” By Marco Alvarez, Fabric Images

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LAGERFELD-GALLERY Pret-à-porter Summer 2006

VIVENNE-WESTWOOD Pret-à-porter Summer 2007

B u s i n e s s a n d W o r k f l o w

•  Textile Printing Workflow •  Alternative Manufacturing

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Digital Strike-Off Workflow

Independent Designers In-House Designers

Design Studio Manufacturers

Jobbers Converters

Engravers

Design Concept

Design Modification •  Textile CAD (8-bit) •  Screen Separation

Digital Printing Strike-Off

Conventional Printing Strike-Off

Digital Printing Production

Conventional Printing Production

Design Development •  Traditional Methods

•  Digital Files

Mills

Design Concept

Design Development and

Modification

•  Digital Files (24-bit)

Digital Printing Strike-Off

Digital Printing Production

Production Digital Printer

T e x t i l e P r i n t i n g W o r k f l o w

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Full Digital Production Workflow

A l t e r n a t i v e M a n u f a c t u r i n g

•  N e o C o t t a g e I n d u s t r y M o d e l

•  P e r s o n a l i z a t i o n

•  M a s s C u s t o m i z a t i o n

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N e o C o t t a g e I n d u s t r y M o d e l

•  Individual Designers can directly deal with end users.

•  From designing to productions, designers / practitioners can control the systems and processes as metamedium*, dynamic and creative medium with many outcomes and processes rather than programmable production machines.

•  Synchronization between small digital printers to mid / high end printers. (new trend)

•  A New business Style.

* Individual designers / practitioners can produce short to medium run production.

* Larger volume can be out sourced to commission digital textile printers.

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* Kay A, (1984), ‘Computer Software’ , Science American, 25, 3, 52-59.

C h i n a E x p r e s s

•  China produce over 30 % of textile printing – Digital penetration 1 %

•  Many printer manufacturers in China - Modified digital printing system

•  Printing cost for end-user: $ 3 (plus fabric and shipping)

•  Synchronization between Chinese digital printing manufacture and sample printing operation in the US.

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China

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A Need for low end high quality printing solutions

•  Inkjet Textile Printing market is fragmented. (no large single market)

•  Missing segment: Textile Art / Craft Practitioners, Individual Designer.

•  A Need for low end high quality textile printing solutions.

Desk Top and Large Format (54”) with software under $10,000.

Reliable and Good Service.

NEEDS TO OFFER good low end high quality printing packages.

Example:

SDA (Surface Design Association)

80% over 4000 members (upper-middle class income households) needs inkjet printing solutions to textiles.

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Persona l i za t i on w i th d ig i t a l p r i n t i ng

In 2010 – 2015, “GenY ” (1982-95) becomes a biggest consumer group.

Text massage, Google search, educated, technology oriented…….. Experiences with Personalization and Customizations.

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M a s s C u s t o m i z a t i o n

Adaptive Textiles www.adaptivetextiles.com

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O u t c o m e s

Designers / Practitioners in Textile Printing ?

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•  Investigating Outside of Traditional Textile Printing Industry

Desktop printing: Off-Set vs. Digital Printing – Trends towards “paperless”

Photography: Multi functional digital media and printing

Project based (Soft Signage) vs. Yardage based (Traditional Textile)

Trans- disciplinary trends: Beyond the boundaries of existing traditional disciplines.

•  Digital Printing Technologies emphasize:

Interaction of Ink and Substrates (porous / non porous)

Digital Textile Printing is one of the most difficult non impact printing systems

•  Advancement of Technology and New Business Models

Increase opportunities in printing and fabricating on non-traditional surfaces

New design products with industrial digital printing (robust, archival – started mid 2000)

A New Emerg ing F i e ld o f Sur face Imag ing

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Surface Imaging provides imagery for various physical forms using a

variety of digital printing technologies, including “direct surface

imaging” on porous and non-porous substrates as well as “fabrication

printing” of material deposition and subtraction printing technologies

(laser and 3D printing).

It is a trans-disciplinary field of discipline that moves beyond the

boundaries of existing traditional fields of disciplines.

D i g i t a l P r i n t i n g I n d u s t r y

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•  One of the largest problems in the industry is lack of understanding and communication amongst

machine manufactures, printing operations and application users including designers, project

leaders and end users.

•  Design, engineering and business components in the industry have not been properly integrated,

partly because they have retrofitted their systems and processes into preexisting workflows.

•  Surface Imaging will emphasize new concepts and approaches toward the development of this new

imaging industry.

•  Surface Imaging does not adhere to the traditional boundaries of a concentrated design discipline.

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Poss ib i l i t i e s f o r New P roduc t Deve lopment

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Digital Non Impact Printing Technology

Direct Printing

Porous and Non Porous Substrates

UV, Latex, Sublimation, Aqueous dye / pigment

Digital Fabrication Printing Technology

Material Deposition

Relief Surface / 3D Modeling

Metals, Composites, Functional Materials

Subtraction Printing

Laser Printing

Analog and Digital Surface Imaging Design

Contained and Continuous Imaging

Drawings and Paintings

Raster and Vector Imaging

Photo Imaging

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S u r f a c e V i e w, U K

B e s p o k e P r i n t e r

•  Penetration of colorants to the porous substrates (textile)

•  Color Gamut

•  Universal Ink (pigments / dyes)

•  Specialty printing (material deposition)

•  Hybrid color management (solid, tonal, photographic)

•  Speed of printing production

•  Bridge the gaps among end users, printers and inkjet manufacturers and suppliers.

I n t o t h e f u t u r e

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M o r e R e s e a r c h �

The Center for Excellence of Digital Ink Jet Printing for Textiles at

Philadelphia University (2000) �

•  To provide information in neutral position.

The technology was still early development stage and many commercial advertisements as information sources.

•  To conduct design / engineering / marketing research.

Research projects (design, technology, marketing) Proof-of-concept projects Testing Production printing

•  To conduct educational events.

•  To serve printing service bureau��

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The Cen t e r f o r E x ce l l e n ce o f Su r f a ce Imag i ng a t

Ph i l a de l ph i a Un i ve r s i t y ( 2014 ) �

M a s t e r s o f S c i e n c e i n S u r f a c e I m a g i n g ( 2 0 1 4 )

•  To provide information in neutral position.

The technology was still early development stage and many commercial advertisements as information sources.

•  To conduct design / engineering / marketing research.

Research projects (design, technology, marketing) Proof-of-concept projects Testing Production printing

•  To conduct educational events.

•  To serve printing service bureau��

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Printers Thermal Head: Designjet 10000 (HP)

Piezo Heads: TX-2, DS-1600, JV3, GP-604 for Flat bed garment

(Mimaki), ValueJet, Falcon Plus (Mutoh)

Scanner Contex 42” large format scanner Software ErgoSoft, Wasatch, etc. Colorants Huntsman Textile Effects, DyStar, Sawgrass Technologies, etc.

Others Digifab, Jacquard inkjet, Test Fabrics, etc.

E q u i p m e n t

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R e s e a r c h

•  Design research New design styles New product application and production workflows “Smart Algorithm for Printed Textile Design”

•  Marketing research A Various Digital Textile Printing Marketing consultations and researches for private

companies. •  Engineering research

“Creation of Textile-Based Durable Printed Antenna Systems” “Encapsulated Ink for Digital Ink Jet Technology” “Integration of fabric formation and coloration processes “Universal Set of Dyes for Digital Inkjet Textile Printing” “Inkjet printing textile archives - Barnes Museum”, etc.

•  Proof-of-concept projects Inkjet printing for Military Camouflage printing Inkjet printing narrow band Automotive polyester tubing Chemical Impregnations, etc,

•  Testing (Print performance, Line acuity, optical density, fastness, etc.) Various inks and substrates; Software.

•  Production (samples to short runs) Scarves, ties, umbrellas, bags, T- shirts, yardages.

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E d u c a t i o n

•  Conferences and workshops

Digital Inkjet Printing 101 Conference (2002)

Digital Inkjet Printing Workshop (2003)

Designer Meets Technology (2004)

Digital Textile Design and Printing Workshop (2005)

Designer Meets Technology: Europe (2005)

Digital Textile Design and Printing Workshop (2006)

Digital Textile Design and Printing Workshop (2007)

Digital Textile Printing Workshop for Textile Conservators (2008)

June 26, 2012

August 24, 2012

L i s t o f C o n t r i b u t o r s

Cannon (Japan)

Dupont Ink Jet (US)

ErgoSoft (Switzerland)

GA Technology Institute (US)

Konica / Minolta (Japan)

Lee Nicole (UK)

Mimaki Industries (Japan)

NC State University (US)

Philadelphia University (US)

Reggiani Macchine (Italy)

Rohm and Haas (US)

TC2 (US)

U. Mass-Dartmouth (US)

UMIST (UK)

VCE Solutions (US)

August 24, 2012